Very true Karenksalvagno said:
I always thought it was "oxy-moronic" that the wet stuff was more susceptible to spontaneous combustion...but apparently it is because the wet encourages mold and the mold is actually what heats up in the case of wet hay.
They need a shelter even if it's just a calf hutch or a large dog house type of structure.maggies.family said:
That sounds just like our situation. We pick up our Wethers on Saturday and we have not even started on their barn. We are just finishing our chicken house and decided to start just looking for Nigerian dwarfs and find out where I could get a couple. I contacted a breeder in my state for advice and it just so happened that she had 2 she offered to wether for me and they would be ready soon. So we are using a large dog house on our back porch for shelter and our back yard is fenced in. So I plan on keeping them there until the Barn and pen over in our pasture is ready.maggies.family said:Thank you! I will make sure they have something. We are so new to goats. We need a "goats for dummies" book or something. LOL So glad I found this place.
We planned on getting goats, but not until next year. But we were faced with a quick decision to make and jumped at the chance at 2 healthy, sweet goats that were free to us. So we are scrambling to get everything ready for them before they get here. Ah....we will learn as we go!
HAHAHA! You don't know how close in story we really are! LOL We just finished our chicken yard last weekend. We had converted an old well house into a coop so that was pretty much done with the exception of roosts, nest boxes, etc. We also wanted Nigerian Dwarfs, but good friends of ours are in a position where they have to get rid of their goats so we are taking them. We were offered them on Thursday and we have been scrambling to get stuff done for them. We will have to keep up with each other.Amp said:That sounds just like our situation. We pick up our Wethers on Saturday and we have not even started on their barn. We are just finishing our chicken house and decided to start just looking for Nigerian dwarfs and find out where I could get a couple. I contacted a breeder in my state for advice and it just so happened that she had 2 she offered to wether for me and they would be ready soon. So we are using a large dog house on our back porch for shelter and our back yard is fenced in. So I plan on keeping them there until the Barn and pen over in our pasture is ready.maggies.family said:Thank you! I will make sure they have something. We are so new to goats. We need a "goats for dummies" book or something. LOL So glad I found this place.
We planned on getting goats, but not until next year. But we were faced with a quick decision to make and jumped at the chance at 2 healthy, sweet goats that were free to us. So we are scrambling to get everything ready for them before they get here. Ah....we will learn as we go!
We do not lock ours in but they do go in at night to sleep. I was thinking of a lean to shed but have not built it yet. That would save the inside of the barn. My does think they need to use the pen to pee in. They come in from outside to use it. Frustrating since smell is hard to get rid of. When they were in all winter it never smelled like it does now. That's the main reason to want to pen them out. We do have bears and I have heard bobcats though. alyce
